
Ram John Holder
Acting
🎂 1934-01-01
Guyanese actor and musician, Ram John Holder started his professional life as a folk singer in New York in the early '60s before moving to the UK to work as a musician and later an actor for Pearl Connor's Negro Theatre Workshop. His big break was as the effeminate dancer Marcus in the 1969 film Two Gentlemen Sharing and he's worked in film and TV ever since, most notably as the loveable Porkpie in Channel 4 sitcom Desmond's (1989-1994) and the shortlived spin-off Porkpie
Cast credits(39)

George
1986

Vivian House
1986

Nelson Myers
2011

Friday
1965

'Flying' Freddie Mercer
2002

Uncle Phil
2011

Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
1989

Danny Flowers
1992
Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
1995
Various Characters
2004

2004
1968

Big Barry
2008

Poet
1985

Grandad
2022

Grandad
2023

Charlie
2012

Trinidad Pete
2016

Radical
1982

Neville
2006

Jamaican Barber
2004

Fat Sergeant
1979

Lindsay Walker
1986

Old Billy Morris
2001

Declan
1999

Black Preacher
1970

Preacher
1974

Neville
1994

Brother John
1976
Uncle Norman
1992

Bredda Ordinance
1972

Wilf
1987

Benjy Baptiste
1986

Chalky White
1990

Marcus
1969

Man Friday
1972

Trevor Ford
1977
Mac
1985

Silver
1992